Invalidity appeal · Board of Appeal · 2020-06-23
R1051/2019-3
Contested design: 000650627-0003
Outcome
The appeal is dismissed; the design holder must bear the fees and costs incurred by the invalidity applicant.
Show verbatim operative text(es)
1. Desestimar el recurso. 2. Ordenar que el titular del dibujo o modelo sufrague las tasas y las costas sufragadas por la solicitante de la nulidad.
CostsHolder ordered to pay costs
Parties
Applicant · invalidity challenger
Napkings S.L.via PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
C/ Virgen De Los Reyes 30, 28027 Madrid, España
Represented by
José Manuel Otero Lastres
Holder · RCD owner
Marcos Guasch Pubillvia PDF extraction
Spain (ES)
Dr. Francisco Darder, 1 Casa 3, 08034 Barcelona, España
Represented by
Prior art cited (2)
napkin design shown on page 3 of 'The Classics of Magic' by Tom Osborne, Napkin Folding (Volume II)
book published in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania · disclosed 1945-01-01
Spanish process patent invoked as earlier disclosure for a textile/napkin design
ES 289 897-5 · OEPM patent certification and specification
Legal grounds invoked
Argument summary
- ›The invalidity applicant sought invalidation of the table-linen/cleaning-cloth design for lack of novelty and individual character over Tom Osborne's 1945 napkin publication and over Spanish patent ES 289 897-5, and also invoked technical-function objections.
- ›The holder argued the Spanish court proceedings barred the claim, the cited napkin book and patent did not produce the same overall impression, and the dotted border of the contested design was decorative rather than purely technical.
- ›The Board agreed with the Invalidity Division that the 1945 book disclosed an earlier napkin design and that, despite differences between stitched and printed borders, both designs created the same overall impression on the informed user.
- ›The appeal was dismissed; the invalidity finding stands and there was no need to examine the patent-based ground or the technical-function objection.
Deciding panel
- ChairTh. M. Margellos
- RapporteurH. Salmi
- MemberC. Negro
- RegistrarH.Dijkema
Decision files
| Language | Type | Source link |
|---|---|---|
| enEnglish (en) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| frfrançais (fr) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| ititaliano (it) | machine translated | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
| esSpanish | original | Download original from EUIPO ↗ |
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